The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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Page 25
... better man in Eng- " land . " He is reprefented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this pofthumous praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and ...
... better man in Eng- " land . " He is reprefented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this pofthumous praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and ...
Page 27
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the fyllables . If the father of criticism has rightly de- nominated poetry réxvn μμnin , an imitative art , thefe writers ...
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the fyllables . If the father of criticism has rightly de- nominated poetry réxvn μμnin , an imitative art , thefe writers ...
Page 51
... better taste ; If it take air before its fpirits waste . fake wont shave To the following comparison of a mandliquant damet . that travels , and his wife that stays at home , xom the with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted folinson ...
... better taste ; If it take air before its fpirits waste . fake wont shave To the following comparison of a mandliquant damet . that travels , and his wife that stays at home , xom the with a pair of compasses , it may be doubted folinson ...
Page 108
... better way , but has not purfued it with great fuccefs . His verfions of Virgil are not pleafing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of profe , nor the ...
... better way , but has not purfued it with great fuccefs . His verfions of Virgil are not pleafing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of profe , nor the ...
Page 109
... a man of judgement , naturally right , forfaking bad copies by degrees , and ad- yancing towards a better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his tranflation of Virgil , written when he was In DEN HA M. 109.
... a man of judgement , naturally right , forfaking bad copies by degrees , and ad- yancing towards a better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his tranflation of Virgil , written when he was In DEN HA M. 109.
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